Originally posted by Jodo
[B]Lol, that sounds like fun. I think you would need to be out in a wide wild open space like in secluded temple training centers (-_-)
[QUOTE]I am sure you could put some logs or something on a flat surface and jump to each one for speed and balance.
Yea need a lot of land for that
Probably the buckets on the shoulders probably reverted to body weights or something and exercising and running with them strapped on.
Yea, you can get buckets, backpacks and fill them with books, etc.
I don’t know what “Vertical press a table 100 times” is, can you give a description?
take a table or something smaller. Lift it over your head. Now go all the way up, let it come down to the top of your head, then up again, etc.
We are in the new age, not very many people train like that (I don’t know why, it sounds like fun).
What about that great one in Drunken Master where Jackie’s Sifu has him doing situps upside down with two empty buckets on either side of him. He’s gotta dip tea cups into a vat of water below him and fill the empty buckets along side of him before he stops. That is sooo hardcore!
Well now that I think about it, the right way, it does sound like a good idea.
Since I started training (I wanna be strong enough to join a Capoeira class) I have notice that my speed has increased. I am sooooooo happy I almost missed the bus and I usually carry a huge load on my shoulders, just for a while then I carry the bag with my arms. I was running as if I was free handed.
cough can’t wait too starting driving by myself cough ^_-
What about that great one in Drunken Master where Jackie’s Sifu has him doing situps upside down with two empty buckets on either side of him. He’s gotta dip tea cups into a vat of water below him and fill the empty buckets along side of him before he stops. That is sooo hardcore!
I remember that one. And then he cheated and just dumped the bucket of water into the other bucket. Then the Sifu had him do the exercise again this time putting all the water back into the original bucket. That’s one of my favorite MA movies.
There was also all the barehanded nutcracking (I’m guessing to work the grip?). Though that could get expensive.
My fave was the wrist pushups in drunken master (i think). I was actually told to do those by an Aikido Instructor a few years ago. I did but stopped as it seemed very hard on the joints. Anyone else tried them?
I personally love the wrist push ups, since Ive started the drilling power on my punches has gone up dramatically. As long as your wrists are strong enough, and you should always do it on a pad (doing it on hard ground will pinch the tendons and nerves in back of hand) its good…
But Ive had a broken wrist for a while now, and lately its been breaking worse… so I stopped the wrist push ups for the mean time.
My old sifu would have us do these time to time (traditional training methods from movies)…
It was fun, we would have a lot of fun with it, especially when we had the chance to set up plum flower posts. We would also have to sit in horse stance from time to time, either holding something up, or with random stuff from around the school put on our knees and/or wrists.
Wrist Pushups seems good, just dont want to push it too much incase they mess up my wrist. I have to try them though!
Looks like several of you do them
Ill try on carpet first
Originally posted by Ether My fave was the wrist pushups in drunken master (i think). I was actually told to do those by an Aikido Instructor a few years ago. I did but stopped as it seemed very hard on the joints. Anyone else tried them?
When I did Green Dragon Kuoshu, we would do 10 or 20 knuckle pushups, then 5 finger pushups, then 3 finger, then wrist pushups, every time before class.
It’s real tough at first, but after a few nights, you start to gain more tollerant and eventually, it’s not as bad.
I like the one from " The Method Man" (I don’t know the real name). He would be holding two bricks together in front of him. He would walk up to a bench with bricks on it. and add the bricks without putting any down. A little hard to explain. I tried it. Its very difficult.
I almost missed the bus and I usually carry a huge load on my shoulders, just for a while then I carry the bag with my arms. I was running as if I was free handed.
